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  1. 21st November 2006, 01:35 PM #1
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    Hellow fellow penturners!

    Bdar alerted a number of us to this forum so I decided to check it out and join. I hope you all don't mind a number of us yanks here! Anyway, I did a little search to see if anyone had posted any cactus pens and did not see any. I did find a thread discussing them with a link to my tutorial. I am really glad some of you found it interesting and informative!

    Anyway, here are some pics of my cactus pens...I do sell the blanks and have an order to ship to JohnCrane, an Aussie who is a member of Penturners.org and will be sending a pink cactus pen to Toni for Christmas (she asked for it!)
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  3. 21st November 2006, 01:51 PM #2
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    A number of my pens are cactus, but they are made out of a whole variety of timbers (redgum, jarrah, etc etc )


    Those look stunning btw - looks like an awesome material to work with!
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  4. 21st November 2006, 01:55 PM #3
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    Curtis, glad you could make it mate. Guys just FYI Curtis is the inventor of the Prickly Pear Cactus pen blank, there are some imitators out there but Curtis is the original and the best when it comes to these blanks. Good to see you.
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    Cactus:confused: :eek: now thats one I havn't heard of before.

    What bit of the cactus? does it have a woody bit? do you have to "do things" to it to make it turnable?

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    Out of interest - is the cactus the white matrix, and the colour a filler?
    Looks to be from the 'stand' used in a number of the pics.
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    Quote Originally Posted by soundman View Post
    Cactus:confused: :eek: now thats one I havn't heard of before.

    What bit of the cactus? does it have a woody bit? do you have to "do things" to it to make it turnable?

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    It could refer to what happens to the piece of you don't turn it right. i.e. "its cactus!"
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    That's what I was referring to in my first post......:eek:
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    I did find a thread discussing them with a link to my tutorial
    Is this it?
    http://builtbydoc.com/Pricly%20Pear%...n%20Blanks.pdf
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    MesquiteMan, they are awesome, really have a character of their own, now to go hunting for Cactus!! not really, welcome to the Forum, and don't worry about being a Yank, it takes all types to make this world interesting Amos
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart. View Post
    That's what I was referring to in my first post......:eek:
    Sorry Stuart, wasn't paying attention.
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    Argh, another attempt at humour shot down
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    Just had a look at the tutorial on how to make the blanks. Looks like a lot of fiddling around but the end result is awsome Curtis.
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    Here's the orginal thread http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ghlight=cactus

    Lovely work MesquiteMan, I am very impressed. One day I will try an ossie sponge and see if I can get a similar result.
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    Welcome to the forum MesquiteMan.

    They are very nice pens. I have read your tuturiol on how to do these awhile ago and have to commend you for persevering to get the results
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    Oh well time to go out and look for a loofer Hey skew you still got some of my resin over there???? PS wellcome aboard .back to the lathe we go.
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